LHPD: Neighbor charged with shooting into 2 homes

LYNN HAVEN — One man has been arrested after residents of two Lynn Haven homes reported their houses had been hit by gunfire.

Officers with the Lynn Haven Police Department and Bay County Sheriff's Office responded about 4:50 p.m. Thursday after a report of shots fired in the 1600 block of Missouri Avenue. The found evidence at both complainants' homes consistent with them having been struck by shotgun fire.

Witnesses pointed the officers to 1619 Missouri Ave., where they found Matthew Edwin Andrews, 36, near the carport outside the home.

Andrews gave police consent to search the home, where they discovered multiple spent shotgun shells and "several large holes consistent with shotgun blasts" in a window screen, according to an LHPD report. Police also recovered a shotgun and "a considerable quantity" of ammunition.

No one was injured in the incident.

Andrews was charged with two felony counts of shooting into an occupied dwelling and booked into the Bay County Jail to await first appearance. Police do not expect any additional arrests in the case.